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Obama’s concerns, from the ‘legitimate’ to the ‘grave’

By Chris Steller | 04.30.09 | 8:11 am

How concerned is President Obama? From his news conference last night:
About the new flu: “deep concern”
About Pakistan, overall: “gravely concerned”
About Pakistan’s government: “more concerned” (than nuclear threat)
About Iraq bombings: “legitimate cause of…

New York Times’ ‘enchanted’ question wasted 1/7 of Obama news conference

By Chris Steller | 04.30.09 | 7:45 am

New York Times reporter Jeff Zeleny’s question about what has most “surprised,” “enchanted,” “humbled” and “troubled” President Obama consumed one-seventh of last night’s prime-time press conference — time that could have been spent on two substantive questions. Topics that…